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Data Breach
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EvidenceProf Blog
Judge, Jury, and Interrogator, Take 2: Court Of Appeals Of Virginia Finds Judicial Interrogation At Sentencing Hearing Was Proper
By Colin Miller
Federal Rule of Evidebce 614(b) provides that "[t]he court may interrogate witnesses, whether called by itself or by a party." Virginia does not have codified rules of evidence, but its courts also…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Hacking Overtakes Theft and Loss as Leading Cause of Reported Security Breaches
A report issued by the Identity Theft Resource Center found that hackers took over the top spot as the leading cause of data security breaches in 2009.
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Latest TJX Breach Lesson: Crime Does Not Pay
A co-conspirator in the TJX breach, Humza Zaman, saw the next 46 months of his life laid out before him in Boston yesterday, as he was sentenced in federal court…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Aetna Wins Dismissal on “Increased Risk of Identity Theft” Damages Sought for Class Action
Judge Legrome D. Davis of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued an amended order on March 9th (amended from March 8th) dismissing a recent…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
HSBC Reports Information of 24,000 Account Holders Stolen
The AP is reporting that Customers having Swiss bank accounts with HSBC between late 2006 and early 2007 had their account information stolen by a former IT employee of an…
InsureReinsure
Massachusetts Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Data Breach Claims Brought Against Retailer by Financial Institutions
Recently, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts upheld two lower court decisions dismissing, on separate motions to dismiss and for summary judgment, a number of claims brought by credit unions…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Entities Reporting Breaches of Protected Health Information
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the ARRA, requires covered entities to report to HHS within 60 days of discovery any…
Health IT Law Blog
HHS begins enforcement of breach notification requirements
As of February 22, 2010, HHS is expected to begin enforcing the new breach notification requirements created by the privacy and security provisions within the HITECH Act. Although such requirements went…
InsureReinsure
Study Shows Cost of Data Breaches Increases
The Ponemon Institute, a privacy and information management research firm, released its fifth annual U.S. Cost of a Data Breach Study (the “Study”). According to the Study the cost of…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Highmark Reports Breach of 3700 Customer Records
Chalk this one up to a flimsy envelope. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield has reported that approximately 3700 of its customers' personal data was lost as a result of a…